Sverdlovsk Raion (Ukrainian: Свердловський район) is a raion (district) in Luhansk Oblast in eastern Ukraine. The administrative center of the raion is the town of Sverdlovsk, which is incorporated separately as a city of oblast significance and does not belong to the raion. The last estimate of the raion population, reported by the Ukrainian government, was 11,644 (2020 est.)[1], 12,039 (2013 est.)[2].
Sverdlovskyi Raion
Свердловський район | |
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Coordinates: 47°56′24″N 39°38′33″E | |
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Region | Luhansk Oblast |
Established | 1938 |
Admin. center | Sverdlovsk |
Subdivisions | List
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• Total | 1,132 km2 (437 sq mi) |
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Time zone | UTC+02:00 (EET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+03:00 (EEST) |
Postal index | 94820—94871 |
Area code | +380 6434 |
Since 2014 the raion has not been under the control of the Ukrainian government and has been part of the Luhansk People's Republic[3] which continues using it as an administrative unit.[4]
The administrative center of the raion is the city of Sverdlovsk. Sverdlovsk was previously incorporated as a city of oblast significance and did not belong to the raion, but in 2015 was merged into the raion.
In 2016, the Verkhovna Rada renamed Sverdlovsk Dovzhansk and Sverdlovsk Raion Dovzhansk Raion, according to the law prohibiting the names of Communist origin. On 18 July 2020 as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Luhansk Oblast to eight, the raion has been significantly extended.[5][6] The Luhansk People's Republic continues to use the old name and the old area of the raion.
As of the 2001 Ukrainian census:[7]
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Administrative center: Luhansk | ||
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